Festival Camping: 23 Essential Tips for Beginners

If you’re getting ready to hit your first festival, buckle up – you’re in for the time of your life. Here’s everything you need to know about festival camping… 

Going to a festival is an incredible life experience. You get to meet tonnes of new people, spend quality time with friends, listen to great music, learn new things and take a break from your day-to-day worries. You will almost certainly enjoy yourself. A lot. 

That said, festivals can be intense. You’re away from home, surrounded by thousands of people and, at some point, you’ll feel sleep-deprived. At times, it can feel a little like an endurance event. Things will get emotional.

The key to navigating it all is good preparation. To help with that, here’s my guide to festival camping for beginners…

Festival camping: what to pack

At a festival, you tend to have to carry your kit a long way. 

Usually, the car park, train station or coach drop-off is a long way from where you’ll ultimately end up camping. At a massive event such as Glastonbury, you may find yourself walking for an hour to reach your chosen festival camping pitch. 

So my first tip: pack sensibly.